赃官污吏
Traditional form:
贓官污吏
Pinyin (reading):
zāngguānwūlì
Definitions:
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
Characters:
- 赃 - booty, loot; stolen goods; to bribe
- 官 - official, public servant
- 污 - filthy, dirty; polluted, impure
- 吏 - government official, magistrate
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